Across the Marvel Multiverse, many different versions of Spider-Man exist, and in a new cover for part of the web-slinger's 60th-anniversary celebration, some of the greatest heroes that became Spider-Man in some form or another come together. In Mark Bagley's variant cover art for Avengers #59 by Marvel Comics, Peter Parker, Captain Universe Spider-Man, Ben Reilly's Scarlet Spider, and more collide in the epic image.
The Spider-Verse is filled with tons of web-slingers besides Peter Parker's Spider-Man, as modern stories and events have significantly expanded the number of spider-heroes in the Marvel Comics universe. In the past decade alone, readers have been introduced to Spider-Gwen, Peni Parker, Spider-Punk, Spiders-Man, and many more heroes who are the stand-in for Spider-Man on their Earths. In an epic new cover from superstar artist Mark Bagley, some of the greatest heroes who sported the Spider-Man persona are brought together in an image packed with spider-heroes.
In celebration of the 60th anniversary of Spider-Man at Marvel Comics, the publisher released 20 new variant covers that will appear on titles from August to October. One of the best covers is from artist Mark Bagley, who brought together many of the greatest spider-heroes in an epic Spider-Man cover for Avengers #59. The image features Peter Parker's Captain Universe of Earth-13, Spider-Man's foundation suit, the Iron Spider, the six-armed Peter Parker, Spider-Man as the Hulk, Deathlok Spider-Man, Ben Reilly's Scarlet Spider, Man-Spider, Spider-Man in his Spider-Armor, Spider-Lizard, Symbiote suit Spidey, and more. The cover's theme seemed to be capturing as many different versions of Peter Parker (and his clones) as possible.
The image captures the wild history of Spider-Man and the many different suits and alternate versions of Peter Parker that exist across the Multiverse. While most fans might know Spider-Man from his classic suit seen in the middle of the image, he's had some significant makeovers and costume changes, including becoming one of the most powerful beings in the world after gaining the power of Captain Universe. It's great that Marvel has big things planned for their most popular character's 60th anniversary in the comics. It will be fun to see if any of the stories themselves take a look back at Spider-Man's eclectic costume history.
For readers who want to pick up the excellent Mark Bagley Spider-Man 60th anniversary celebration variant cover, the different costumed spider-heroes will appear on Avengers #59 from Marvel Comics. The Peter Parker-starring cover arrives in comic book stores and online retailers on August 10th, 2022. The 20 Spider-Man celebration covers for the Beyond Amazing initiative will start in August and end in October.